This week, President Trump extended the TikTok ban again, for the third time, despite not providing any legal justification for such an extension. Marty Schwimmer blogged about a Northern District of Illinois Judge who is reassessing all of his Schedule-A cases. Finally, a look at the Trump Administration’s recent executive order which dismantles many of…
Links for Week of June 13, 2025
This week, I liked Cathy Gellis’ post on Techdirt about copyright law and characters. Last week, the Supreme Court allowed DOGE to access Social Security Administration records. Finally, Disney and NBC Universal sued Midjourney for copyright infringement. Copyright Law and Characters Supreme Court and DOGE Disney and NBC Universal Sue Midjourney
Links for Week of June 6, 2025
This week, there were two nice guest posts on Professor Goldman’s blog, one on the New York Times v. Microsoft/Open AI copyright ruling by Kieran McCarthy, and one on the Take It Down Act by Professor Jess Miers. Finally, we heard that Anthropic’s CEO is against the 10-year freeze on state AI laws currently within…
Links for Week of May 30, 2025
This week, I liked Tori Noble, Mitch Stoltz, and Corynne McSherry’s article at Techdirt analyzing the Copyright Office’s recent guidance on fair use and AI. The FTC’s monopoly trial against Meta ended this week, with a ruling expected by the end of the year. Finally, Getty Images reported that it is too expensive to pursue…
Links for Week of May 23, 2025
This week, the Take It Down Act was passed. While the goal is a good one, getting rid of deepfake porn, there is significant criticism of the aggressive 48 hour timeline it requires which could lead to more censorship rather than a review on the merits. I’ve been following the Character.AI chatbot lawsuit filed by…
Links for Week of May 16, 2025
This week, there were significant developments at the Copyright Office. Last Thursday, the head of the Library of Congress (which oversees the Copyright Office) was let go. Late Friday, the Copyright Office released a “pre-publication version” of the third stage of their AI report, discussing whether training an AI model is fair use. On Saturday,…
Links for Week of May 9, 2025
This week, the Trump administration announced that it was rolling back the AI chip export restrictions that had been in place since the Biden administration. Crumbl is the defendant in a massive copyright infringement suit over music used in social media posts. Finally, NSO was ordered to pay $167 million for its hack of WhatsApp…
Links for Week of May 2, 2025
This week, Apple is facing potential criminal contempt in their dispute with Epic over the app store. Another lawyer filed a brief with errors attributable to AI hallucinations. Yes, it’s still happening. Finally, don’t file documents with the court that have a dragon logo watermarked on every page. Also, here’s a link to my most…
Links for Week of April 25, 2025
This week, I liked the article by Geoff Huston giving the background on the current Internet Governance regime. Professor Goldman had a nice post about a recent 9th Circuit decision that turns our normal conceptions of internet jurisdiction on their head. Finally, an update on the Google antitrust case as it heads into the remedy…
Links for Week of April 18, 2025
This week, a verdict was reached in the Google monopoly trial. Mark Zuckerberg testified in the Meta antitrust trial. And, a post from the prior week by Professor Goldman (which I read this week, hence its inclusion) about the copyright liability of Roblox for including a song within a game element. Google Antitrust Verdict Zuckerberg…